Birds and land animals aren’t the only ones that work in symbiotic pairs.
Some sea animals, like the clownfish and the sea anemone,do as well. Sea
anemones, which look like plants, are actually dangerous animals which
poisonous tentacles. Most fish stay away from anemones to avoid being stung.
However, the clownfish makes its home among the sea anemone. It does not
get stung because its body is protected by a special coating. Living among the
Deadly tentacles of an anmone has aclear advantage – most predators stay away!
Another benefit for the advantage to the anemone? There are several. First,
the brightly colored cclownfish attracts predators. When the clowfish swim
under the anemone’s tentacles to safety, if the predator follows, the anemone
Has the chance to sting and eat it. Other services the clownfish performs are
cleaning up food scraps and dead anemone tentacles, and chasing away fish that
might eat the anemone.
While many symbiotic pairs may at first look like odd partners,the benefits they
Provide one another are invaluable, and may make the difference between life
and death. In fact, it is often these animals’ very differences that make them
perfect partners.